My MetaMask was drained after connecting to a 'staking' site, is my ETH gone forever?
Feeling so stupid right now, I honestly can't believe I fell for this. So I saw an ad, I think it was on YouTube or maybe even Instagram, for this new 'high-yield' ETH staking platform. It looked really legit, polished website, even had a fake audit report linked. They promised insane APY, like 200%. My partner warned me, said it sounded too good to be true, but I ignored her.
I connected my MetaMask, approved what I thought was just a small transaction to 'authorize' my wallet for staking, and boom, next thing I know, all my ETH was gone. Literally like 0.7 ETH, which was a decent chunk of my savings. I watched it go on Etherscan, just transferred out to some other wallet. I tried contacting their 'support' but of course, no response.
Is there anything, anything at all, I can do? I filed a report with my local police here in Montpellier, but they just looked at me like I was speaking Martian. Has anyone ever recovered funds after a wallet drain like this? Or should I just give up on it?
asked by Emma Robert· 8d ago